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wilson's physician dr. grayson was also a frequent visitor to the house along with his wife would dine on many occasions here in the household. wilson's daughter margaret who was living in new york would be a frequent visitor as woodrow's other daughters. jesse, who married a promising diplomat named francis bowes sayre and eleanor mcadoo, and the kitchen is on the ground floor of the house. so isaac and mary scott who the wilsons brought with them from the white house service continued to help maintain the house and cook the meals. the service pantry is towards the weathered door towards the back of the room and very, very a formal house. edith may have called this a small home suited to the needs of a gentleman, but there are 28 rooms in this small house, and though the scale is small and comfortable, it's a rather large house. wilson enjoyed as a southerner born in virginia, grew up in georgia, south carolina, north carolina, enjoyed his hams. each meal was always started with a soup. edith wilson was pa
wilson's physician dr. grayson was also a frequent visitor to the house along with his wife would dine on many occasions here in the household. wilson's daughter margaret who was living in new york would be a frequent visitor as woodrow's other daughters. jesse, who married a promising diplomat named francis bowes sayre and eleanor mcadoo, and the kitchen is on the ground floor of the house. so isaac and mary scott who the wilsons brought with them from the white house service continued to help...
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wilson. unlike the physical monuments in the nation's capital, it is a living memorial whose work and scholarship commemorates, quote, the ideals and concerns of woodrow wilson. as both a distinguished scholar and national leader, president wilson felt strongly the scholar and policimaker were, quote, engage in a common enterprise. today the center takes seriously his views on the need to bridge the gap between ideas and policy, bringing them into creative context, enriching the work of both and enabling each to learn from the other. this series, wilson then and now, is our effort to make his effort more central to the contact between ideas and policies. we seek to highlight work on wilson and his time that offers explicit or implicit or temporary and enduring problems. at this episode, we wanted to look faund academic work in the narrow sense of articles and monographs, and look at the work of public scholars wrestling with the challenges of commemorating our past. to commemorate means to re
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wilson did in march 1915. hoover thereafter stayed in touch with the president. making a point of praising wilson's diplomacy with germany until late 1915. in fact during the crisis, hoover wrote a long memo to wilson outlining with the germans. he was vaguely critical of wilson at that point, but when wilson's diplomacy succeeded in diffusing the crisis, hoover had nothing but praise for the president. . wilson in turn admired hoover. hoover was a great international figure, he told his wife in the 1915. such men as hoover he said stern me deeply and make me in love with duty. together with the adorning press attention hoover received through the crb publicity effort, hoover's ties to colonel house and to the president himself perfectly positioned him for a major appointment when the u.s. entered the war in april 1917. just to be sure though, hoover in the weeks prior to april in between the time period when germany declared it's intention to start unrestricted summary in warfare which they nounsed in 1917. h
wilson did in march 1915. hoover thereafter stayed in touch with the president. making a point of praising wilson's diplomacy with germany until late 1915. in fact during the crisis, hoover wrote a long memo to wilson outlining with the germans. he was vaguely critical of wilson at that point, but when wilson's diplomacy succeeded in diffusing the crisis, hoover had nothing but praise for the president. . wilson in turn admired hoover. hoover was a great international figure, he told his wife...
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the woodrow wilson school of public and international affairs, woodrow wilson college, the woodrow wilson award, the professorship of english, the woodrow wilson scholars program, and so on. in each instance, deploying wilson's name was a mark of high esteem. even though some students declared that princeton had not changed since wilson's era, the fact of the matter is the university had changed, if belatedly and in measurable ways. the measurement was mostly related in terms of demographic change over time. women, racial, sexual, and religious minorities, international students, all were now regular members of the community. however, the vestiges of earlier ideology lingers. it wasn't just about woodrow wilson. his name was the most easily attached to the set of values that the university no longer -- the legacy review committee acknowledged this and made it clear it was committed to a university that was welcoming and inclusive. while the committee recommended that wilson's name remain attached to the various buildings and awards, it declared that princeton was obliged to be more of a s
the woodrow wilson school of public and international affairs, woodrow wilson college, the woodrow wilson award, the professorship of english, the woodrow wilson scholars program, and so on. in each instance, deploying wilson's name was a mark of high esteem. even though some students declared that princeton had not changed since wilson's era, the fact of the matter is the university had changed, if belatedly and in measurable ways. the measurement was mostly related in terms of demographic...
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wilson. the artist had done this project as an art project, as a grad student, and told the woman he knew associated with the white house that he had done this in 1919, inspired by president wilson's efforts to bring peace to the world. it is inscribed with the word that means piece in spanish. he was invited to meet with president wilson. i read his account of coming to the white house, with the statue under his arm, wrapped in a towel. in those days, one did not encounter the secret service until you rang the doorbell. he was announced, and went into the oval office, where he spent time with president wilson and presented this gift. it was warmly received. we know when wilson lived in this house, he had this sculpture here or in his library. the story is amazing but does not end there. wilson introduced him to an arts patron and supporter of president wilson. he helped support the artist in getting an education in rome, and eventually a phd, and going back to the philippines, where he becam
wilson. the artist had done this project as an art project, as a grad student, and told the woman he knew associated with the white house that he had done this in 1919, inspired by president wilson's efforts to bring peace to the world. it is inscribed with the word that means piece in spanish. he was invited to meet with president wilson. i read his account of coming to the white house, with the statue under his arm, wrapped in a towel. in those days, one did not encounter the secret service...
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wilson had a law degree, so did lodge. wilson had written histories, so headlock. someone more extroverted than wilson would have tried to build on a common ground, i think. not wilson. he might have shied away. lodged one edge over him, but there is no way he can get a leg out. wilson had top government at princeton and elsewhere. he had written about it. before his election as president, he had served in elected office for only two years as governor of new jersey. lodge have been in the senate for 20 years when wilson turned up in washington. wilson did nothing to cultivate lodge, wilson in that regard was the polar opposite of lbj and bill clinton, who are famous for walking into george town parties in going straight for someone, sometimes a politician, sometimes a journalist, who disagreed with them. both lbj and clinton wanted to win everyone over. wilson was not that sort of bloke. he was guarded, he had no idea how to schmooze. his first biographer -- notice that he never took the initiative and making friends. as the decision-maker, wilson preferred thinkin
wilson had a law degree, so did lodge. wilson had written histories, so headlock. someone more extroverted than wilson would have tried to build on a common ground, i think. not wilson. he might have shied away. lodged one edge over him, but there is no way he can get a leg out. wilson had top government at princeton and elsewhere. he had written about it. before his election as president, he had served in elected office for only two years as governor of new jersey. lodge have been in the...
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what was wilson to do? the approach he took was one that came naturally to the mind of the presbyterian presidential preacher. he would take his case directly to the public. the people would support him. superiord sustain his moral position and bring pressure to bear upon the senate so strong that there will could not be resisted. well, how to do it? , just imagine wilson on television or on radio, but alas, no radio or tv. invented, but commercial radio was not in operation. that, could not do certainly no tv. called forhich strenuous speaking campaign, which was to travel around the country to present the case for the people. his doctors and closest advisors discourage this. people feared it might be a crushing strain to someone who had never been strong and had already exerted himself to near exhaustion at the paris conference. wilson would have none of this and he insisted on undertaking this tour. "i must go, i promised our soldiers when i asked them to take up arms that it was a war to end wars. if i
what was wilson to do? the approach he took was one that came naturally to the mind of the presbyterian presidential preacher. he would take his case directly to the public. the people would support him. superiord sustain his moral position and bring pressure to bear upon the senate so strong that there will could not be resisted. well, how to do it? , just imagine wilson on television or on radio, but alas, no radio or tv. invented, but commercial radio was not in operation. that, could not do...
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wilson used him. and wilson really forged the policy. and lansing went over to paris where one -- well, where lansing, at least, would have thought he c helped negotiate the treaty. he ended up doing virtually nothing. and when ever lansing offered some advice, wilson was not that interested. so lansing really couldn't wait to get out there. it was only his sense of duty that kept him in as long as he's staying. >> you write about the stroke he had in pain la, -- puebla, colorado. when was that? >> when wilson came back from paris with the peace treaty he spent six months negotiating, everything was tucked in there, ready to go. the one thing that wilson hasn't fully considered was peace treaties have to be ratified by the senate. >> he never considered that. >> he certainly concerned it but not to the extent -- he didn't consider the politics that had come to play. >> he had written -- >> he knew all about that. i mean, sure. he knew that the senate had to ratify it. wasn't as if he didn't know the constitution. but he didn't realize --
wilson used him. and wilson really forged the policy. and lansing went over to paris where one -- well, where lansing, at least, would have thought he c helped negotiate the treaty. he ended up doing virtually nothing. and when ever lansing offered some advice, wilson was not that interested. so lansing really couldn't wait to get out there. it was only his sense of duty that kept him in as long as he's staying. >> you write about the stroke he had in pain la, -- puebla, colorado. when...
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wilson and the doctor. and as a result in large measure of all that, we now have a 25th amendment to the constitution. >> is product not only of the south, but of the deep south. during an era when they are in the ascendancy of politics. .. >> he was an racist that being said i don't think he was a veer lant racist if we can have grades of racism. his real feelings about sugration was he believed the country wasn't ready to integrate. he had it will take a generation or two before this country can deal with that problem. which would put you somewhere in the mid-1950s. that being said, did he show the process? probably a good bet. and i would say he didn't want the revolution that did occur in the '50s and '60s to occur on his watch. and i will through in another political point, and we must end it here, it was this point that wilson realized he needed the complete backing of the democratic party that included the vast block of one third of the senate and congress which were southern democrats. he remained t
wilson and the doctor. and as a result in large measure of all that, we now have a 25th amendment to the constitution. >> is product not only of the south, but of the deep south. during an era when they are in the ascendancy of politics. .. >> he was an racist that being said i don't think he was a veer lant racist if we can have grades of racism. his real feelings about sugration was he believed the country wasn't ready to integrate. he had it will take a generation or two before...
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wilson had a law degree. so did lodge. wilson had written histories so had lodge. someone more extroverted than wilson would have tried to build on the common ground i think but not wilson. and he might have shied away because lodge had one edge over him that there was no way he could like get a leg up on him. wilson had taught government at princeton and elsewhere and he'd written about it but before his election as president he'd served in elective office for only two years as governor of new jersey. lodge had been in the senate for 20 years when wilson turned up in washington. so wilson did nothing to cultivate lodge. wilson in that regard was the polar opposite of lbj and bill clinton who were famous for walking into georgetown parties and going straight for somebody sometimes a politicians sometimes of journalists. who disagreed with them? both lbj and clinton wanted to win that person over. wilson was not that sort of fellow. he was guarded. had no idea how to schmooze. his first biographer who knew him well notice that he never took the initiative in making
wilson had a law degree. so did lodge. wilson had written histories so had lodge. someone more extroverted than wilson would have tried to build on the common ground i think but not wilson. and he might have shied away because lodge had one edge over him that there was no way he could like get a leg up on him. wilson had taught government at princeton and elsewhere and he'd written about it but before his election as president he'd served in elective office for only two years as governor of new...
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did will some convincing -- did wilson convince him of this, or is wilson shaping it? dr. manela: that is a great question. it reminds me i need to emphasize, i am making no claim that wilson was an original political thinker and the ideas i described were original to him. this is not the case at all. he was reflecting a fairly broad sensibility among americans, progressive says we would call them at the time. what makes wilson stand out is of course he had a great deal more power than these other individuals, particularly in 1919 when he comes to power, as we see in the mural upstairs. he is at the center of everything. germans want armistice, so they go to wilson. they don't go to the french. it is his power that distinguishes him, rather than his ideas. he is in the best place to put these ideas into implementation. kind of ar does is difference between humanitarian aid and political change. hoover is worried about revolution and he says we will feed these people, and we will stem the tide of revolution temporarily. i am not saying that wilson is a better thinker than h
did will some convincing -- did wilson convince him of this, or is wilson shaping it? dr. manela: that is a great question. it reminds me i need to emphasize, i am making no claim that wilson was an original political thinker and the ideas i described were original to him. this is not the case at all. he was reflecting a fairly broad sensibility among americans, progressive says we would call them at the time. what makes wilson stand out is of course he had a great deal more power than these...
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wilson, wilson as a southerner, that is a very competent in question. he was an accidental version. -- virginia. his parents had moved there from ohio. he had no american born grand parents. he grew up within this presbyterian world, which to some extent insulated him from the surrounding environment. and what i found very, very puzzling and frustrating was in trying to get into his early life and the sources on it are not as good as they are, for example, for theodore roosevelt. african-americans are invisible. and that awful scene from " birth of a nation," wilson was a in columbia south carolina, at that time. two of his early biographers, who bless their hard work neverlists, baker, interviewed any of the black severance from there.-- servants from there. the only one who did was william allen white. i never found any notes. extremely frustrated to me. forgive me, one thing he did not mention about the princeton thing was his inauguration as president in 1902. who did he say he gave the best speech at that inauguration? dr. holloway: i confess i do
wilson, wilson as a southerner, that is a very competent in question. he was an accidental version. -- virginia. his parents had moved there from ohio. he had no american born grand parents. he grew up within this presbyterian world, which to some extent insulated him from the surrounding environment. and what i found very, very puzzling and frustrating was in trying to get into his early life and the sources on it are not as good as they are, for example, for theodore roosevelt....
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wilson's. there are some written about edith, but ellen, although they came around at different times in his life, ellen was more of a partner in his intellectual life than edith was, and better educated woman. better educated and intellectual woman. i tried to remember whether ellen came out or quietly came out for suffrage. i don't think she did but two of out for suffrage. i don't think she did but two of his daughters did and they gave him a tough time around the dinner table, times you wish you could have a remote tv camera their recording together those things. >> he valued edith's advice. we talk about the paris peace talks, whatever. he's an enigma when it comes to this particular issue. >> except we have to grant he was related coming around to suffrage. but he came around. two times before wilson appeared before congress, there were two times he appeared before special sessions of the senate, not a joint session. presidents very rarely do that. one time, of course, was january without
wilson's. there are some written about edith, but ellen, although they came around at different times in his life, ellen was more of a partner in his intellectual life than edith was, and better educated woman. better educated and intellectual woman. i tried to remember whether ellen came out or quietly came out for suffrage. i don't think she did but two of out for suffrage. i don't think she did but two of his daughters did and they gave him a tough time around the dinner table, times you...
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wilson house. it had changed names about 12 years ago to the president woodrow wilson house, and the wilson house as we call it among ourselves, the wilson house, was also originally described as a shrine to woodrow wilson. the house itself was built by a famous architect, washington, d.c. architect in 19 a 15, and the -- 1915, and the wilsons moved into that house in 1921 on inauguration day. many people do call it the house on f street. but when edith wilson -- wilson went on to live there for three years, he died in 1924 in this house, edith wilson went on to live in this house for another 37 years. so, in fact, having lived in the house for close to, you know, 40 years, she really did -- she put a stamp on what the house would be, and she bequeathed it to the national trust for historic preservation upon her death in 1961. and it was opened to the public in 1963 and became really an official, officially a historic house and i museum in 196 a 5. her letters of bequeathment refer to it as being a
wilson house. it had changed names about 12 years ago to the president woodrow wilson house, and the wilson house as we call it among ourselves, the wilson house, was also originally described as a shrine to woodrow wilson. the house itself was built by a famous architect, washington, d.c. architect in 19 a 15, and the -- 1915, and the wilsons moved into that house in 1921 on inauguration day. many people do call it the house on f street. but when edith wilson -- wilson went on to live there...
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wilson house. it had changed names about 12 years ago to the president woodrow wilson house, and the wilson house as we call it among ourselves, the wilson house, was also originally described as a shrine to woodrow wilson. the house itself was built by a famous architect, washington, d.c. architect in 19 a 15, and the -- 1915, and the wilsons moved into that house in 1921 on inauguration day. many people do call it the house on f street. but when edith wilson -- wilson went on to live there for three years, he died in 1924 in this house, edith wilson went on to live in this house for another 37 years. so, in fact, having lived in the house for close to, you know, 40 years, she really did -- she put a stamp on what the house would be, and she bequeathed it to the national trust for historic preservation upon her death in 1961. and it was opened to the public in 1963 and became really an official, officially a historic house and i museum in 196 a 5. her letters of bequeathment refer to it as being a
wilson house. it had changed names about 12 years ago to the president woodrow wilson house, and the wilson house as we call it among ourselves, the wilson house, was also originally described as a shrine to woodrow wilson. the house itself was built by a famous architect, washington, d.c. architect in 19 a 15, and the -- 1915, and the wilsons moved into that house in 1921 on inauguration day. many people do call it the house on f street. but when edith wilson -- wilson went on to live there...
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wilson. unlike the physical monuments in the nation's capital, it is a living memorial whose work and scholarship commemorates, quote, the ideals and concerns of woodrow wilson. as both a distinguished scholar and national leader, president wilson felt strongly that the scholar and the policy maker were, quote, engaged in a common enterprise. today, the center takes seriously it's views on the need to bridge the gap between the world of ideas and the world of policy. bringing them into creative contact, enriching the work of both and enabling each to learn from the other. this series, wilson then and now, is our effort to make wilson and his period more central to that creative contact between ideas and practice in national and global affairs. in a critical and inclusive way, we seek to highlight work on wilson and his time that offers explicit or implicit lessons for contemporary or enduring problems in public and international life. for this episode, we wanted to look beyond academic work i
wilson. unlike the physical monuments in the nation's capital, it is a living memorial whose work and scholarship commemorates, quote, the ideals and concerns of woodrow wilson. as both a distinguished scholar and national leader, president wilson felt strongly that the scholar and the policy maker were, quote, engaged in a common enterprise. today, the center takes seriously it's views on the need to bridge the gap between the world of ideas and the world of policy. bringing them into creative...
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wilson. unlike the physical monuments in the nation's capital, it is a living memorial whose work and scholarship commemorates, quote, the ideals and concerns of woodrow wilson. as both a distinguished scholar and national leader, president wilson felt strongly that the scholar and the policy maker were, quote, engaged in a common enterprise. today, the center takes seriously his views on the need to bridge the gap between the world of ideas and the world of policy. bringing them into creative contact, enriching the work of both and enabling each to learn from the other. this series, wilson then and now, is our effort to make wilson and his period more central to that creative contact between ideas and practice in national and global affairs. in a critical and inclusive way, we seek to highlight work on wilson and his time that offers explicit or implicit lessons for contemporary or enduring problems in public where international life. for this, episode we wanted to look beyond academic work
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and edith wilson, the wives of woodrow wilson. and then the resolution that d funds the health care law. -- defunds the health care law. >> this is the woodrow wilson house, the home of edith wilson after they left the white house in 1921. you will be seeing more over the next two hours as we tell the the two wilson first adies, ellen and edith. theirand woodrow met in 20 costs, and their love was reflected in passionate letters. fromelped guide his career academia to politics. set an example for future first ladies. year and a half of his term. edithieving president met , and she served as first lady for five years. her unprecedented role in managing affairs is one of the most consequential efforts of any first lady. good evening, and welcome to our continuing series. the wilsonry of first ladies. christine miller is a biographer f the first ladies. mr. cooper is woodrow wilson's biographer. we are going to break precedent. thesee been telling stories chronologically, but everyone knows about edith wilson managing the white house
and edith wilson, the wives of woodrow wilson. and then the resolution that d funds the health care law. -- defunds the health care law. >> this is the woodrow wilson house, the home of edith wilson after they left the white house in 1921. you will be seeing more over the next two hours as we tell the the two wilson first adies, ellen and edith. theirand woodrow met in 20 costs, and their love was reflected in passionate letters. fromelped guide his career academia to politics. set an...
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wilson, dear mrs. wilson, could you act on this, dear mrs. wilson, could you act on that. i have some here in the book here. and that to me was very telling. and then, of course, just the letters back and forth between she and the president, the people around him at this time who were trying to deal with all the problems. what was interesting is dear mrs. wilson, if you get time, could you show the president this. dear mrs. wilson -- very -- a lost tho lot of those were timid. i think she was fierce, protective and it was hard to get anything to the president. some of the letters start asking his daughters to help because they felt like no information was getting through edith. so, you know, there was definitely a power vacuum. and there was a lack of information flowing off. but in her defense, she had a dual role. and she famously said, a bunch of people came and said, i must see the president and she said, really, i don't care about the president of the united states, i care about my husband, which a lot of historians pointed to and said, she threw the country under the
wilson, dear mrs. wilson, could you act on this, dear mrs. wilson, could you act on that. i have some here in the book here. and that to me was very telling. and then, of course, just the letters back and forth between she and the president, the people around him at this time who were trying to deal with all the problems. what was interesting is dear mrs. wilson, if you get time, could you show the president this. dear mrs. wilson -- very -- a lost tho lot of those were timid. i think she was...
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it is wilson. wrote a book on woodrow wilson for a series on the presidents i discovered a wilson. i didn't know very romantic very emotional very deep feeling i'm discovering. who edith really is i'm working with molly on her book and like first lady's memoirs. her memoirs fascinating and that third picture there on the right. i've been to the library of congress and i've read her papers, especially edith's papers when she was trying to put this memoir together, and i've learned a lot from all of this next please. i'll write my first point. you can't understand edith wilson if you don't understand woodrow wilson's attitude towards women. this is a very sensitive topic now if i say wilson women most people will say like that wonderful picture. i found these kaiser wilson he was against the constitutional amendment giving the women the right to vote at least for a long time. he was president. this makes you think that wilson is a kind of dour figure who hates women doesn't want them to succeed has has nothing to do with them or nothing too good to say about them. quite a discovered.
it is wilson. wrote a book on woodrow wilson for a series on the presidents i discovered a wilson. i didn't know very romantic very emotional very deep feeling i'm discovering. who edith really is i'm working with molly on her book and like first lady's memoirs. her memoirs fascinating and that third picture there on the right. i've been to the library of congress and i've read her papers, especially edith's papers when she was trying to put this memoir together, and i've learned a lot from all...
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the president wilson house and the wilson international or center for scholars. >> the woodrow wilson international center for scholars aims to unite the world of ideas and policies by linking scholarship to issues of concern to washington. congress established the center in 1968 as the official national memorial to president wilson. unlike the physical monuments in the nation's capital, it is a living memorial whose work and scholarship commemorates, quote, the ideals and concerns of woodrow wilson. as both a distinguished scholar and national reader, president wilson felt strongly that the scholar and policy maker were both engaged in a common enterprise. the center takes seriously the views to bridge the gap between the world of ideas and the world of policy, enriching the work of both and enabling each to learn from the other. this series, wilson then and now, is our effort to make wilson and his period more central to that creative contact between ideas and practice in national and global affairs. in a grateful and inclusive way, we seek to highlight work on wilson and his time t
the president wilson house and the wilson international or center for scholars. >> the woodrow wilson international center for scholars aims to unite the world of ideas and policies by linking scholarship to issues of concern to washington. congress established the center in 1968 as the official national memorial to president wilson. unlike the physical monuments in the nation's capital, it is a living memorial whose work and scholarship commemorates, quote, the ideals and concerns of...
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it had gone republican, i think wilson takes a chance and edith wilson supports it. if you are so strong, maybe you will break the opposition. i think the tide was turning against him me. the progressive movement american on the world stage. she stepped in and said she thought he could compromise. she came forward and said, i think he should. the more i study, the air that is coming and that continued battle between lodge and his philosophy, which will donate much of the twenties and wilson. i do not think it was totally his fault, i do not think it would have passed. that is my considered opinion after the study these many years. >> i totally agree with mary but to be fair the vice president wanted no part of it. thomas marshall was put on the ticket to get the electoral college votes of indiana. he was a bit of a clown, he was great with a one liner and super charming at parties. he wanted no part of the presidency and he certainly wanted no part of being seen as a usurper. before the 25th amendment, when it was soleimani about what happened with an incapacitated p
it had gone republican, i think wilson takes a chance and edith wilson supports it. if you are so strong, maybe you will break the opposition. i think the tide was turning against him me. the progressive movement american on the world stage. she stepped in and said she thought he could compromise. she came forward and said, i think he should. the more i study, the air that is coming and that continued battle between lodge and his philosophy, which will donate much of the twenties and wilson. i...
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in wilson did. he would come back sometimes four or five times a day, said at the desk, grab senators when i walked up the senate floor, sit them down, have discussions. he would run a little classroom sometimes. the professor never leaving him use the this part of his personal life now influencing his professional life. and he got these things past. and so we now have you see, a new mode of governance. now, he did keep a set of world war i for a couple of years. he famously banned -- the war broke out in the summer of 1914. he kept this up until 1917. he ran for reelection in 1916 on the slogan he kept us out of war, but rather famously on april 2nd, nate 17, wilson gave his speech to a joint session of congress. and here's what he said to them. there is one line in this one speech. it may be the most important foreign-policy speech ever given. our foreign policy to this day, to this week, to president obama talking a week ago about our role in syria are not powerful in syria, whether there should
in wilson did. he would come back sometimes four or five times a day, said at the desk, grab senators when i walked up the senate floor, sit them down, have discussions. he would run a little classroom sometimes. the professor never leaving him use the this part of his personal life now influencing his professional life. and he got these things past. and so we now have you see, a new mode of governance. now, he did keep a set of world war i for a couple of years. he famously banned -- the war...
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and wilson included, shared. but it was not at all, you know, peculiar or unique to them. >> i just want to say, a telling story is the career of a funder of the naacp, sort of has a what we could recognize as an early racial liberalism at the turn of the 20th century. and over the course will drop race and focus almost entirely on labor and passivism. i think there is something that happens in the teens that just allows liberalism to drop that issue. its reconstruction finally goes into the past in some ways. although; not how we think of the threat of government. but race can just become -- we can embrace a color blind labor based liberalism that doesn't have to trumpet its white supremacy as it maintains it. >> i have seen these two consistently. i am going to call on them and then i am going to move over here. >> yeah. -- in germany. and there is self-promotion published in the first german language of woodrow wilson in 50 years. and this is also i might change the subject a little bit. but i'm surprised that
and wilson included, shared. but it was not at all, you know, peculiar or unique to them. >> i just want to say, a telling story is the career of a funder of the naacp, sort of has a what we could recognize as an early racial liberalism at the turn of the 20th century. and over the course will drop race and focus almost entirely on labor and passivism. i think there is something that happens in the teens that just allows liberalism to drop that issue. its reconstruction finally goes into...
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afternoon and welcome to the woodrow wilson international center for scholars woodrow wilson then and now series featuring philip zelikow of the university of virginia and his book the road less traveled the secret battle to end the great war in 1916 to 1917. the woodrow wilson international center for scholars, aims to unite the world of ideas to the world of policy by supporting preeminent scholarship and linking that scholarship to issues of concern to officials in washington. congress established the center in 1968 as the official national memorial to president wilson. unlike the physical monuments in the nation's capital. it's a living memorial whose work and scholarship commemorates quote the ideals and concerns of woodrow wilson. as both the distinguished scholar and a national leader president wilson felt strongly that the scholar and policy maker were engaged in what called a common enterprise. today the center takes seriously his views on the need to bridge the gap between the world of ideas and the world of policy. bringing them into creative contact enriching the work of b
afternoon and welcome to the woodrow wilson international center for scholars woodrow wilson then and now series featuring philip zelikow of the university of virginia and his book the road less traveled the secret battle to end the great war in 1916 to 1917. the woodrow wilson international center for scholars, aims to unite the world of ideas to the world of policy by supporting preeminent scholarship and linking that scholarship to issues of concern to officials in washington. congress...
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so, when the wilsons visited italy, president wilson was in rome, and was given honorary citizenship by the city of rome, but, edith was given this statue, which of those of who are aware of the statue of italy the statue of rom is and remains the founders of rome, and on it are the initials ft to r which stands for the senate and people of rome. truly a very touching gift, and it also fits into the theme of that era of the growing role of women in society, edith accompanying resident wilson, raising questions that were in the minds of americans and others around the world in that time, of, what role were women to have in our society? it would be really about that same time during the wilson administration that the 19th amendment was finally confirmed, and that women received the federal constitutional right to vote, in the united states. and in her own way she was forging a path for women that continues to this day of the first lady, accompanying the president on state business, and having a formal role.>> this is a radio microphone from the 1920s, it was from this room that preside
so, when the wilsons visited italy, president wilson was in rome, and was given honorary citizenship by the city of rome, but, edith was given this statue, which of those of who are aware of the statue of italy the statue of rom is and remains the founders of rome, and on it are the initials ft to r which stands for the senate and people of rome. truly a very touching gift, and it also fits into the theme of that era of the growing role of women in society, edith accompanying resident wilson,...
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brian: why woodrow wilson? patricia: i did a book about theodore roosevelt after he was president, there is a lot of world war i in it and i got fascinated about world war i. to write about wilson in world war i was a natural sequel. brian: ter bks you read about woodrow wilson for research, what were they? patricia: i started with a major one, written by a person who knew him, a famous journalist of his time. he admires woodrow wilson almost unflaggingly. he's not entirely uncritical, but it is full of anecdotes of people around at the time. i have read just about all of the books of john milton cooper. his wilson biography came out a w ars into my n thwork o book. 2009. i started back in 20 i think his judgment is very sound on just about everything. he is a wonderful biographer, a wonderful historian, a wonderful political historian and diplomatic historian. i would do my take and then i would look and see what john cooper said about it. we are not always on the same page but i admire his scholarship. brian:
brian: why woodrow wilson? patricia: i did a book about theodore roosevelt after he was president, there is a lot of world war i in it and i got fascinated about world war i. to write about wilson in world war i was a natural sequel. brian: ter bks you read about woodrow wilson for research, what were they? patricia: i started with a major one, written by a person who knew him, a famous journalist of his time. he admires woodrow wilson almost unflaggingly. he's not entirely uncritical, but it...
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then wilson who stunned see wilson thought at that moment. i'm only like four weeks away from having the peace conference. and he has this emotional reaction which which frankly bernstorff had feared would happen to the submarine message. he then doesn't seriously read batman's parallel message that he had gotten approved after that overnight train ride. and wilson now finds himself in position having sent baron store home. but he doesn't want america to go into the war. he's trying to revive the peace talks, but he has no he's burned his bridges to do it. he sent the german sign. he spends the next month and more. trying to find some way out of the box. he's he's cornered himself into but he'll see and i've explained here's how you would have restarted the negotiations. you would have just said you would have take you would pocketed bearing batman's terms. and then you could have said i'm arranging a peace conference and as part of this arrangement i have now the germans have agreed they will stop the submarine warfare. as soon as the peace
then wilson who stunned see wilson thought at that moment. i'm only like four weeks away from having the peace conference. and he has this emotional reaction which which frankly bernstorff had feared would happen to the submarine message. he then doesn't seriously read batman's parallel message that he had gotten approved after that overnight train ride. and wilson now finds himself in position having sent baron store home. but he doesn't want america to go into the war. he's trying to revive...
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wilson alum of woodrow wilson high school here in the city. wilson alumwe are starting a cn at the school this year about the possibility of looking at hison a new, especially racial legacy given that woodrow wilson high school is built in a majority black city with a , andity black population it has a unique feature that is -- doatop the bones of you have any advice for us in having this conversation? >> good luck. [laughter] alum, i i am a fellow can understand and if there is enough sentiment to change it, i the stopt would be -- the end of the world. but i wish you wouldn't because woodrow wilson -- i don't know how it was when you were there, when i was there i -- and i graduated in 1957, it was a jewelry -- a jewel in the crown of the d.c. public school system . part of it was that our teachers tended to be a bit older. through your seniority, you got to wilson. >> fortunately none of your teachers are still alive to hear you call them an elephant. >> if we are going to have our high schools named after presidents, to have the one that i
wilson alum of woodrow wilson high school here in the city. wilson alumwe are starting a cn at the school this year about the possibility of looking at hison a new, especially racial legacy given that woodrow wilson high school is built in a majority black city with a , andity black population it has a unique feature that is -- doatop the bones of you have any advice for us in having this conversation? >> good luck. [laughter] alum, i i am a fellow can understand and if there is enough...
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to wilson. then wilson goes ahead with his peace without victory move with no other move towards the conference. which basically takes the whole table that bear in store of headset which is being negotiated with berlin, and that turn that table upside down. even then, now you have the generals, the high command all of them are convinced that wilson is hopeless. they then declare the unrestricted submarine warfare, and finally wilson comes back at the end and says, well, if chancellor bittermann will only confided be secret peace terms, if he will just trust me with that, i will go try to see what i can do to arrange a conference. the generals -- they are already moving for the war. now bethmann gets this message that wilson just wants to hear his peace talks late on a sunday night. he jumps on an overnight train to the kaiser's headquarters, drafting a message all the way. here arrives, persuades the kaiser to send a second message at the same time with the u-boat message, saying that you asked
to wilson. then wilson goes ahead with his peace without victory move with no other move towards the conference. which basically takes the whole table that bear in store of headset which is being negotiated with berlin, and that turn that table upside down. even then, now you have the generals, the high command all of them are convinced that wilson is hopeless. they then declare the unrestricted submarine warfare, and finally wilson comes back at the end and says, well, if chancellor bittermann...
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one reason wilson kept u.s. out of war for the first nearly three years, with the believe that the czar who was on the side of the aisle as was on the wrong side of history. this is when the march of 1917 revolution russia, replaces our with provisional government that seem to fit in the reformist mold. within mcinnis the new government within a week. the first major nation to do so. this change in the russian government, and this is after the removal of the czar, but before the bolsheviks takeover later that year. this change played in wilson's idea to take them into war the coming months. with those are gone, the allies became less tainted in his eyes at the stain of autocracy. what about the british and french? at that time, surely those were prime example of unaccountable power exercise on the world stage. we will get to that later. the bolsheviks takeover in november 1917, both change the calculus and prove the wilson he was right. wilson knew little of london at that time, he knew enough to have those symp
one reason wilson kept u.s. out of war for the first nearly three years, with the believe that the czar who was on the side of the aisle as was on the wrong side of history. this is when the march of 1917 revolution russia, replaces our with provisional government that seem to fit in the reformist mold. within mcinnis the new government within a week. the first major nation to do so. this change in the russian government, and this is after the removal of the czar, but before the bolsheviks...
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wilson then and now, which was on wilson and the politics of race. i don't know that really either of us are equipped to do that in the time we have, but maybe what i could try to address that question by asking each of you to explain the major events in wilson's career or the major statements that he made for publication that you have found people most concerned that you addressed head on. and then talk about how you addressed those. that would be a way at least to give people an idea of some of the actions, some of the statements that unfortunately i don't think we can summarize wilson the entire concept or subject of wilson, and race today. but that might be a way to get it added in a concrete way. robin, do you mind if, again, i turn to you, what's the main thing about wilson and race that you just knew you had to confront because people were asking you to confront it. >> sure. the first thing that really comes to mind is about the viewing of -- in the white house, and i know there has been a quote that has been attributed to wilson, and about th
wilson then and now, which was on wilson and the politics of race. i don't know that really either of us are equipped to do that in the time we have, but maybe what i could try to address that question by asking each of you to explain the major events in wilson's career or the major statements that he made for publication that you have found people most concerned that you addressed head on. and then talk about how you addressed those. that would be a way at least to give people an idea of some...
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wilson. hi, mrs. wilson. i have a swell idea, mr. wilson. let's you and me go-- dennis, i'm in no mood for any of your swell ideas. martha, i'm going upstairs and lie down a while. is he sick, mrs. wilson? no, dennis. he's just a little upset today because he didn't get his name in the paper. that's too bad. well, i better be goin' now. tell mr. wilson i'll leave my kite in your tree until he feels more like climbin'. hello, tommy. it's nice to see you again. it's nice to have you back home, mrs. mitchell. i missed you a lot. thank you. nobody can bake cookies as good as these. they sure can't. what have you got there? it's tommy's new printing set. you just draw a picture and you press it down on this stuff here and the pictures comes off on it. see? well, isn't that nice? oh, you can have a lot of fun with that. but i already drew all the pictures i know. i know some swell pictures, tommy. i'll draw a horse. you can do lots of things besides draw pictures with this. it says, "hand bills, calling cards, personal stationary." "print your own
wilson. hi, mrs. wilson. i have a swell idea, mr. wilson. let's you and me go-- dennis, i'm in no mood for any of your swell ideas. martha, i'm going upstairs and lie down a while. is he sick, mrs. wilson? no, dennis. he's just a little upset today because he didn't get his name in the paper. that's too bad. well, i better be goin' now. tell mr. wilson i'll leave my kite in your tree until he feels more like climbin'. hello, tommy. it's nice to see you again. it's nice to have you back home,...
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ellen wilson was highly involved with woodrow wilson's career. she gives him advice on what jobs he should take, what jobs he shouldn't take. when he was up for a post at arkansas industrial university she suggested that was a bad career move. she was very involved and a tremendous help to him. behind-the-scenes him throughout his academic career. i find this room, this study so evocative because it is right here that we can see woodrow wilson making that transition from academic figure two political figure. ellen wilson helped with all of this. constantly advising woodrow, helping them out and then he decides to run for governor and the reporters descend on prospect. it reporters descend on his study. in the interview him right here in this room. they photograph him in the garden and ellen wilson is quite alarmed. she begins to sense that she is going to lose any privacy she might've had. she is going to lose that carefully constructed, very close-knit home life that she had valued so much with woodrow. that is going to slip away when they plung
ellen wilson was highly involved with woodrow wilson's career. she gives him advice on what jobs he should take, what jobs he shouldn't take. when he was up for a post at arkansas industrial university she suggested that was a bad career move. she was very involved and a tremendous help to him. behind-the-scenes him throughout his academic career. i find this room, this study so evocative because it is right here that we can see woodrow wilson making that transition from academic figure two...
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when wilson was entertaining mary, and advisor, wilson's right-hand man, he had no real title, and wilson liked that, to have people who did not have official titles. this man let it be known that the letters were out there and they could be sold to the press. wilson freaks out, and since grayson to tell edith. wilson goes to bed. he thinks his girlfriend is done with him. edith writes in the letter and says, i'm going to stay with you, don't worry about it. wilson is so, i guess, uptight about the situation that she has to go to the white house and give him out of bed and tell him that yes, she will marry him. we see this sort of victorian lover who goes up and down and has wild mood swings. he told her six-month letter -- later that he is never opened the letter. he didn't want the bad news. they get married. i say this lightly, but they are sort of the clintons of their time. wilson did a strange thing with edith from the beginning, he included her in everything. he would send her top-secret papers as they were dating. she would write him back and say, i appreciate the love letters, bu
when wilson was entertaining mary, and advisor, wilson's right-hand man, he had no real title, and wilson liked that, to have people who did not have official titles. this man let it be known that the letters were out there and they could be sold to the press. wilson freaks out, and since grayson to tell edith. wilson goes to bed. he thinks his girlfriend is done with him. edith writes in the letter and says, i'm going to stay with you, don't worry about it. wilson is so, i guess, uptight about...
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wilson had a law degree. so did lodge. wilson had written histories so had lodge. someone more extroverted than wilson would have tried to build on the common ground i think but not wilson. and he might have shied away because lodge had one edge over him that there was no way he could like get a leg up on him. wilson had taught government at princeton and elsewhere and he'd written about it but before his election as president he'd served in elective office for only two years as governor of new jersey. lodge had been in the senate for 20 years when wilson turned up in washington. so wilson did nothing to cultivate lodge. wilson in that regard was the polar opposite of lbj and bill clinton who were famous for walking into georgetown parties and going straight for somebody sometimes a politicians sometimes of journalists. who disagreed with them? both lbj and clinton wanted to win that person over. wilson was not that sort of fellow. he was guarded. had no idea how to schmooze. his first biographer who knew him well notice that he never took the initiative in making
wilson had a law degree. so did lodge. wilson had written histories so had lodge. someone more extroverted than wilson would have tried to build on the common ground i think but not wilson. and he might have shied away because lodge had one edge over him that there was no way he could like get a leg up on him. wilson had taught government at princeton and elsewhere and he'd written about it but before his election as president he'd served in elective office for only two years as governor of new...
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wilson -- had mr. wilson lived just two decades longer he would of seen the dragon's teeth sowed in versailles bring another equally terrible war. out of this second world war, he would of seen the rise of the league concept again under the name of the united nations. this new organization to peace clearly follows the pattern of woodrow wilson posit league accept for one important particular. woodrow wilson would never have agreed to accept dictators to membership. and when mr. wilson died, his epitaph may well have been the oration delivered by pericles 2000 years ago over the greeks who had given their lives for their country. so they gave their bodies to the commonwealth and received, each memory, praise that will never die and with it the grandest of all sepulchers -- not one in which their mortal bones are laid, but a home in the minds of men where they remain fresh to stir to speech our action as the occasion comes by it. for the whole earth is a sepulcher of famous men and their story is not gra
wilson -- had mr. wilson lived just two decades longer he would of seen the dragon's teeth sowed in versailles bring another equally terrible war. out of this second world war, he would of seen the rise of the league concept again under the name of the united nations. this new organization to peace clearly follows the pattern of woodrow wilson posit league accept for one important particular. woodrow wilson would never have agreed to accept dictators to membership. and when mr. wilson died, his...
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great.ir power was that, woodrow wilson new. that woodrow wilson knew. but woodrow wilson was presented with problems besides making the peace. raising the curtain on the raging famine of hundreds of millions of april. there was more than famine to contend with. a great typhus epidemic was raging in eastern europe. millions had already died and millions more would die unless there was quick action to control it. the blockade was continued for 4.5 months after the armistice despite the napplied -- problems,t with woodrow wilson still supported the greatest battle against famine and pestilence in the history of the world. a letter from my organization to the president asking for millions of money brought an immediate reply on the margin. .pproved, w.w,. february 1919, the president had mean return for the opening of congress on march 4. his firstme to meet rebuff. senate ledof the new by senator lott had signed a protest resolution that the constitution of the league of nations in the form proposed to the piece of conference should not be accepted. the pre
great.ir power was that, woodrow wilson new. that woodrow wilson knew. but woodrow wilson was presented with problems besides making the peace. raising the curtain on the raging famine of hundreds of millions of april. there was more than famine to contend with. a great typhus epidemic was raging in eastern europe. millions had already died and millions more would die unless there was quick action to control it. the blockade was continued for 4.5 months after the armistice despite the napplied...